Updegraff Family History
Updegraff Name Meaning
Americanized form of Dutch Op de Graef or Op den Graef: topographic name for someone who lived by a channel or watercourse from Dutch op ‘beside’ + de ‘the’ + graf (Middle Dutch grave) ‘stream channel watercourse’. The surname Op de(n) Graef which was brought to the US from Germany is no longer found in the Netherlands or Germany. Compare Updegrove Uptegrove and Upthegrove .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022